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Judith Belushi Pisano, the spouse of comic and musician John Belushi, handed away on Friday evening at 73 years of age after an extended battle with most cancers.
Pisano was an actress and producer and identified for engaged on “The Blues Brothers” and “Nationwide Lampoon’s Animal Home.”
Pisano was married to John Belushi from 1973 till his passing in 1982. She remarried to Victor Pisano in 1990 earlier than submitting for divorce in 2010.
The information of Pisano’s passing was additionally introduced on the official John Belushi Instagram web page on Saturday morning, which she had additionally run with the Belushi Property.
“At the moment, our hearts are heavy as we are saying goodbye to our candy Judy. Her unwavering dedication and artistic genius alongside Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi gave beginning to The Blues Brothers, a timeless testomony to the facility of music and laughter,” the publish learn. “Within the years following John’s passing in 1982, Judy honored his life and championed his legacy and Blues Brothers model. As we bid farewell, we pledge to proceed her work, guaranteeing that John’s legacy and the Blues Brothers won’t ever fade. There was nobody like her. Judy made everybody really feel cherished. She was nonjudgmental, gentle, humorous, and pure. You could possibly be actually your self round her, that alone was a present. The Belushi and Pisano households will carry your love of their hearts perpetually.”
Judith was recognized with endometrial most cancers in 2020 and entered into hospice care in 2023. Luke Pisano, Judith’s son, stated she continued to combat the sickness till Friday when she handed away surrounded by her household.
“We’re going to overlook her firm terribly,” he stated, describing Judith as “an incredible mom, beloved sister, [and] a particular particular person.”
She first arrived in Chilmark in 1974 with Belushi after studying in regards to the Island from a musician buddy in Boston. The pair was dwelling in New York Metropolis on the time with Pisano working as a radio producer and Belushi beginning to discover success as a comic.
“Similar to everybody else, we fell in love with Lucy Vincent Seaside,” Judith Belushi Pisano informed the Instances in 2013.
Her son stated Judith spent a lot of her time in Winery Haven after Belushi’s demise, promoting the Chilmark summer season home within the Nineties.
Pisano was lively within the arts, together with regionally. She was a member of an Island band referred to as the Ukeladies and was even within the course of of constructing an album earlier than she handed away. Luke stated he plans to launch his mom’s album posthumously, with Island musician Ben Taylor “spearheading” the hassle to collaborate with native artists.
She would additionally discover methods to honor the legacy of her late husband and the Blues Brothers. On the Island, she held a screening of the movie “John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge” to profit Martha’s Winery Neighborhood Companies and a present with Daniel Aykroyd, the opposite Blues Brother, to profit the Martha’s Winery Playhouse.
Pisano is survived by her kids Luke, Vanessa, Rebecca, and Jessica and her grandchildren Avery, Ella, Logan, Olivia, Henry, Nico. Judith Belushi Pisano was the youngest of 4 siblings. She can be survived by her siblings Patricia Brewster, Pamela Jacklin, and Robert Jacklin.